Edwin joseph morgan



No. 608,786. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

E. J. MORGAN.

SASH FASTENER.

(Application filed. Oct. 2. 1897 (No Model.)

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EDWIN JOSEPH MORGAN, OF NORWICH, ENGLAND.

SASHHFASTENER.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent .bl'o. 608,786, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed October 2, 1897. Serial No. 653,857. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN JOSEPH MOR- GAN, gentleman, a subject of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 7 6 St. Giles street, Norwich,in the county of Norfolk, England, have invented certain Improvements in or Relating to WVindow-Sash Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an eflieient burglar-proof sash-fastener of simple and economical construction.

My invention consists in the structure and arrangement of parts hereinafter particularly claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View, Fig. 2 a plan, and Figs. 3 and 4 details, of the invention.

To the meeting-barA is secured the bracket (0, in which moves the short 1OGk-Sll&fliZ)*, capablc of receiving longitudinal as well as partial rotary motion. To one end of this rockshaft 12* is secured the locking-hook 0*, adapted to pass through the socket-piece or staple (1*, secured to the bar B, and to the other end is secured the lever-handle e.

The rock-shaft 6* is partly cut away at that end adjacent to the locking-hook 0*, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to enable the rock-shaft to be moved forward even when the meetingbars are not quite level. WVhen the leverhandle 6 is turned, the Hat portion of the rockshaft b acts against the under face of the socket-piece or staple d and raises the meeting-bar B of the upper sash or depresses the meeting-bar A of the lower sash, as the case may be, thus closing the window completely.

,lneeting-bars to be in close contact.

It will be understood that the lever e and rock-shaft 19* are moved into the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 when it is desired to open the window, thus removing the end of the rock-shaft Zf-iand the locking-hook 0* from the socket-piece or staple d and in this position the locking-hook can readily pass the lateral sash-bars.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States, is-

In combination, the staple having an inclined edge and secured to one sash, the rockshaft, the bearing therefor, said rock-shaft being adapted to pass through the said bearing longitudinally and independent of its rotation, the hook on the said rock-shaft adapted to pass through the staple and having an i11- clined end to work against the staple whereby the sashes will be drawn together vertically, the said shaft having also a cut-away or cam portion for bearin g upon the under side of the staple to draw the sashes together vertically.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 17th day of September, 1897.

"EDWIN JOSEPH Monatn.

Witnesses: WALTER l3. IIAnnIsoN, V. J. Rocnns. 

